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Get a Job, Work Safe (updated) (PDF)
http://www.oregonyoungworkers.org/images/Get_a_Job_English_.pdf
(O[yes])
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This fact sheet created by the Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition, O[yes] identifies most common types of injuries affecting Oregon teen workers, and regulations affecting teen employment.
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Tips for Safely Employing Young Workers (O[yes]) (PDF)
http://www.oregonyoungworkers.org/images/Tips_for_Safely_Employing_Young_Workers.pdf
(O[yes])
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The Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition has released a fact sheet for employers on how to safely employ young workers.
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Factsheet 82-OSH in the School Curriculum (PDF)
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/en_82.pdf
(European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)
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To underpin occupational safety and health (OSH) education in schools and colleges it is necessary to formalise it in curriculum requirements. The report reviews how the Member States have been including OSH and risk education in their national curricula.
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Oregon Worker Illness and Injury Prevention Program: Young Workers (Winter 2008) (PDF)
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/owiipp/docs/Edition8Youngworkers.pdf
(Oregon DHS)
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This new edition of "Putting Data to Work" by the Oregon Worker Illness and Injury Prevention Program at Oregon Department of Human Services provides a scope of the problem summary, epidemiological data, case summaries, prevention recommendations, conclusions, resources, and references about this special population.
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Inexperienced Workers (PDF)
http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/pubs/videoresource/stpinexp.pdf
(TWCC)
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This program increases workplace hazard awareness for young and/or inexperienced workers.
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Bureau of Labor and Industries Summary of Child Labor Laws (PDF)
http://www.boli.state.or.us/BOLI/WHD/CLU/docs/wh-218.pdf
(BOLI)
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This fact sheet details State of Oregon regulations affecting teen working hours and hazardous and prohibited tasks.
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Oregon Child Labor
http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/WHD/CLU/index.shtml
(BOLI)
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Child Labor Rules Interactive Advisor
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/cl/
(DOL)
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The online elaws FLSA Child Labor Rules Advisor is a comprehensive, plain language source for information about Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules that apply to young workers, including wage payment issues, the hours youth can work and the jobs they can and cannot perform.
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Working Safely: Advice for Teens
http://familydoctor.org/454.xml
(AAFP)
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Safety at Work for Young Workers (PDF)
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/osha/pdf/pubs/2413.pdf
(Oregon OSHA)
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Facts for Employers: Safer Jobs for Teens
http://www.lohp.org/docs/pubs/youth_work/emfs2008.pdf
(University of California, Berkeley)
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Each year 70 teens under 18 die from work injuries in the U.S. About 84,000 are injured seriously enough to require emergency room treatment. Keep safety in mind! There's a lot that employers can do to prevent injuries to their teen workers. The measures you take to
keep teens safe will help protect all employees.
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Are You a Working Teen? Know Your Rights, Protect Your Health. (PDF)
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/ywfs2002.pdf
(CA DOSH)
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Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6019.html
(NAP)
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Are You a Working Teen? What you should know about safety and health on the job.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/adoldoc.html
(NIOSH)